Improvement in magazine fire-arms



s. v. KENNEDY. Ma, ga zine Fire-Arm.

No.-2I5,227. I Patented May 13,1879.

I Nv PETERS, PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON D UNITED STATES QFFIGE.

SAMUEL V. KENNEDY, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO ELI WHITNEY,OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN MAGAZINE FIRE-ARMS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 215,227, dated May 13,1879; application filed March 17, 1879.

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Figure l, a sectional side view; Figs. 2 and 3, detached views.

This invention relates to an improvement in that class of magazinefire-arms in which the'carrier ispivoted at the rear, so as to swingvertically, to transfer the cartridge from the magazine to a position inline with the barrel, and in front of the breechpiece, the object of theinvention being to hold the cartridge so that when the carrier is raisedquickly it cannot throw the cartridge out of place; and it consists inthe construction hereinafter described, and particularly recited in theclaim.

The breech-piece and mechanism for operating it shown in theaccompanying illustration is substantially thatshown in Letters Patentgranted to Andrew Burgess, October 19, 1875, No.168,966; buttheconstruction of this part of the arm is immaterial to thisimprovement further than that it should be a sliding breech piece orbolt.

A is the carrier, hung at the rear upon a pivot, a, and arranged so thatit is raised when the breechpiece is drawn back, and dropped when thebreech-piece is moved forward.

At the forward end of the carrier a side piece, B, is hinged, as at b,so as to swing in a vertical plane, and extends along the side of thecarrier about the length of the cartridge.

The upper surface of the carrier is grooved to correspond to the shapeof the cartridge, the edge opposite the side piece, B, extending up, asat d, Figs. 2 and 3.

The side piece, B, at itsrear end, is turned inward, as at b, over thecarrier, and so that it, with the opposite side, d, will more than halfinclose the cartridge, as in Fig. 3.

From the side piece, B, an arm, 0, extends downward, and so that whenthe carrier is down, as in Figs. 1 and 2, the arm will rest on thebottom of the mortise in the frame and hold the rear end of the sidepiece up, as seen in Figs. 1 and 2.

Between the carrier and the arm 0, or at other convenient point, aspring, 0 is applied, the tendency of which is to force the rear end ofthe side piece downward, and as the carrier is dropped the said springis compressed,

as seen in Fig. 2. In this condition the cartridge is forced from themagazine onto the carrier, passing below the projection 12 on the sidepiece, as in Fig. 2. Then, when the carrier rises, the spring reacts andholds the side piece down until the rising carrier brings the cartridgeagainst the projection b, causing the cartridge to be grasped betweensaid projection 12 and the opposite side, d, of the carrier,

and in this condition the rising of the carrier continues until to itsfull height. Then the breech-piece advances and forces the cartridgeforward out of the grasp of the side piece, B, and into its place in thebarrel, the carrier drops, again raising the side piece to receive thenext cartridge, and so on:

In the construction shown the carrier A is operated by the lever. Thisextends up in form of an elbow, E F, the part F pivoted to thebreech-piece G, and so as to lock the breech-piece, as in the Burgesspatent, before referred to; and from the carrier an arm, H, extendsupward in rear of the pivot a, into the path of the part F in itsmovement to open and close the breech.

On the part F is a stud, f, which strikes the carrier-arm H on its frontside in the extreme rear or opening movement, and raises the carrier, asindicated in broken lines. Then, when the breech-piece is nearly closed,a second stud, h, on the lever strikes the arm H upon its back side, andin completing its movement returns the carrier, as shown.

I claim The combination of the pivoted carrier, the

side piece, B, hinged to the forward end of the is dropped, and a springto close said side carrier, extending back and projecting over pieceupon the cartridge when the carrier the carrier, so as to grasp thecartridge berises, substantially as described,

tween the projection on the side piece and the SAMUEL V. KENNEDY.opposite side of the carrier, and an arm eX- Witnesses: tending downwardfrom said. side piece, oper- J. H. SHUMWAY,

ating to raise said side piece when the carrier J 0s. 0. EARLE.

